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extremely bitter in the carya amara, but eatable in the 

 other sorts, ripens in autumn. Some people recommend 

 sowing it at once^ but, if kept in damp sand, it ^^ 

 will retain its power of germinating until y§ 

 spring. There are from fifty to a hundred nuts 

 in a pound weight — the number differs ac- ofhombeai^. 

 cording to the size of the various sorts. There are 

 two ways of sowing : in the place where the plan- 

 tation is intended to be permanent, or in beds, for sub- 

 sequent setting out in the nursery. Two inches of earth 

 will sufficiently cover the seed. Sowing in the perma- 

 nent plantation has been recommended for some time, 

 because the plant having a long tap- 

 root, if this is broken in transplanta- 

 tion the tree takes a long time to 

 recover from the injury. Still, the 

 foresters in Europe have sown it in 



beds for many years. At a year 48.-c.rya.mara-Nutof 

 old, with a very sharp spade, b>tter-h,ckory. 



they cut the tap-root about eight inches below the 

 surface, thrusting in the spade, very obliquely, under 

 the plant in spring or autumn, when the sap is 

 quiescent. Treated thus, the young tree shoots out 

 numerous lateral rootlets, and, a year after the opera- 

 tion, it is transplanted into its permanent abode, where 

 it is sure to take,and grows as rapidly as the sugar-maple. 

 The hickory, not putting out its leaves until the spring 

 is far advanced, demands protection from the smother- 

 ing effects of weeds. Hence, when the permanent loca- 

 tion planting is practised, it would be well to sow at the 

 same time some of the quicker growing trees, such as the 

 red maple, the poplar, the willow, &c. The shade derived 

 from the vigorous shoots and leaves of such will prevent 

 the weeds from taking possession of the land. "When 



